AERIAL CDC CORE MAIN EXAMINATION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When performing a roof rescue with an aerial ladder, the tip of the ladder should be
placed: - ✔✔So that at least 6 feet (2 meters) extends above the top edge of the roof.
✔✔In most aerial apparatus, hold-down locks are released when the: - ✔✔Selector
valve switch is placed in the aerial device position.
✔✔Using aerial devices for water rescue emergencies is: - ✔✔Generally too dangerous
to attempt.
✔✔By attaching interior hand lines to the aerial device, it can be used on upper floors of
a building as: - ✔✔An improvised standpipe.
✔✔Identify TWO factors that affect exposure hazard during a fire. - ✔✔Wind & Time of
day.
✔✔Identify TWO ways that a driver/operator may ensure an aerial device is aligned
before lowering it into its a cradle. - ✔✔Markers and Sensors
✔✔In a bank-down method of fighting a liquid fuel fire, a responder directs the foam
spray: - ✔✔Off the side of an elevated object in or near the liquid level.
✔✔The best position for an aerial device when it is being raised to a victim is: -
✔✔Perpendicular to the victim.
✔✔An adult who has body control but no strength should be taken down a ladder by
using a - ✔✔Knee-sit carry
, ✔✔Most aerial device manufacturers allow full operation of their equipment in winds of
up to: - ✔✔40
✔✔Places the steps for the lowering a telescope aerial ladder device in the correct
order. - ✔✔
✔✔The aerial elevated water delivery system with the advantage that it may be
equipped with remote controls allowing the pattern and direction of the fire stream to be
controlled from the aerial platform pedestal is an: - ✔✔Aerial ladder with a piped
waterway and water tower
✔✔One technique for preventing ice buildup on telescoping sections of an aerial
apparatus is to: - ✔✔Apply grease to the structural metal.
✔✔Before raising a telescope in arrow device, it is important to do all the following
except: - ✔✔Disengage the PTO
✔✔The stabilizers are resting on the pads properly when the: - ✔✔Bulge is removed
from the sides of the tires.
✔✔The primary difference between box time stabilizer in fulcrum stabilizers is: -
✔✔Fulcrum stabilizers can be deployed only in the fully extend position
✔✔CCRE MODULE - ✔✔
✔✔Hydraulic systems in aerial apparatus are used to: - ✔✔Stabilize the apparatus and
extend the aerial device
✔✔Identify THREE conditions where you should drive an aerial apparatus in low gear. -
✔✔Climbing a hill, traveling around a corner, approaching an intersection.
✔✔Aerial apparatus driver/operators are regulated by: - ✔✔State laws, city ordinances,
departmental SOPs.
✔✔A liquid surge effect may occur: - ✔✔When an aerial apparatus's tank is not
completely full.
✔✔Identify the FIVE major features or functions of quints. - ✔✔size of the water tank,
amount of supply and attack hose, array and length of grounds ladders, pre-piped
waterway on the aerial apparatus, and size of the fire pump.
✔✔A turntables function is best described as: - ✔✔provides rotation on a horizontal
plane
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When performing a roof rescue with an aerial ladder, the tip of the ladder should be
placed: - ✔✔So that at least 6 feet (2 meters) extends above the top edge of the roof.
✔✔In most aerial apparatus, hold-down locks are released when the: - ✔✔Selector
valve switch is placed in the aerial device position.
✔✔Using aerial devices for water rescue emergencies is: - ✔✔Generally too dangerous
to attempt.
✔✔By attaching interior hand lines to the aerial device, it can be used on upper floors of
a building as: - ✔✔An improvised standpipe.
✔✔Identify TWO factors that affect exposure hazard during a fire. - ✔✔Wind & Time of
day.
✔✔Identify TWO ways that a driver/operator may ensure an aerial device is aligned
before lowering it into its a cradle. - ✔✔Markers and Sensors
✔✔In a bank-down method of fighting a liquid fuel fire, a responder directs the foam
spray: - ✔✔Off the side of an elevated object in or near the liquid level.
✔✔The best position for an aerial device when it is being raised to a victim is: -
✔✔Perpendicular to the victim.
✔✔An adult who has body control but no strength should be taken down a ladder by
using a - ✔✔Knee-sit carry
, ✔✔Most aerial device manufacturers allow full operation of their equipment in winds of
up to: - ✔✔40
✔✔Places the steps for the lowering a telescope aerial ladder device in the correct
order. - ✔✔
✔✔The aerial elevated water delivery system with the advantage that it may be
equipped with remote controls allowing the pattern and direction of the fire stream to be
controlled from the aerial platform pedestal is an: - ✔✔Aerial ladder with a piped
waterway and water tower
✔✔One technique for preventing ice buildup on telescoping sections of an aerial
apparatus is to: - ✔✔Apply grease to the structural metal.
✔✔Before raising a telescope in arrow device, it is important to do all the following
except: - ✔✔Disengage the PTO
✔✔The stabilizers are resting on the pads properly when the: - ✔✔Bulge is removed
from the sides of the tires.
✔✔The primary difference between box time stabilizer in fulcrum stabilizers is: -
✔✔Fulcrum stabilizers can be deployed only in the fully extend position
✔✔CCRE MODULE - ✔✔
✔✔Hydraulic systems in aerial apparatus are used to: - ✔✔Stabilize the apparatus and
extend the aerial device
✔✔Identify THREE conditions where you should drive an aerial apparatus in low gear. -
✔✔Climbing a hill, traveling around a corner, approaching an intersection.
✔✔Aerial apparatus driver/operators are regulated by: - ✔✔State laws, city ordinances,
departmental SOPs.
✔✔A liquid surge effect may occur: - ✔✔When an aerial apparatus's tank is not
completely full.
✔✔Identify the FIVE major features or functions of quints. - ✔✔size of the water tank,
amount of supply and attack hose, array and length of grounds ladders, pre-piped
waterway on the aerial apparatus, and size of the fire pump.
✔✔A turntables function is best described as: - ✔✔provides rotation on a horizontal
plane
